Clause 6
Local Democracy, Economic Developmentand Construction Bill [Lords]
5:00 pm
Rosie Winterton (Minister of State (Pensions Reform; Minister for Yorkshire and Humber), Department for Work and Pensions; Doncaster Central, Labour)
Let me try to be helpful and assure the hon. Lady that the guidance will include topics such as how the duties relating to the promotion of democracy link to other legislation. There will be guidance on what we mean by the various types of information that should be made available and what is meant by “promoting understanding”. Those are all issues that have rightly been raised by the Committee.
There will be guidance on what is meant by “how to become a councillor”, the limits of what a council should do in attracting people to stand, what constitutes support for a councillor, which bodies are involved under clauses 2, 3 and 4, and what minimum information should be covered. There will be an explanation of the power to amend the list of authorities.